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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Today (14. June) is the feast day of: Gerold (d. 806) Gerold was a Frankish courtier who left Charlemagne's court to become a monk at Fontenelle. G. was made bishop of Evreux, but in his old age returned to his monastery. Methodius I of Constantinople (d. 847) Methodius was a native of Syracuse who went off to Constantinople to make his fortune at the imperial court but ended up becoming a monk instead. He became an assistant to Patriarch Nicephorus, and joined him in opposing iconoclasm. M joined Nicephorus in exile, but he returned in 821 with a letter from the pope asking that Nicephorus be restored to his see. The emperor was not pleased, and had M flogged and imprisoned for seven years. When the iconoclast decrees were repealed in 842, M. was named patriarch. Joseph the Hymnographer (d. 886) Joseph (celebrated on 3. April in the eastern church) was another native of Sicily. He fled in 830 in face of a Muslim invasion, and became a monk in Thessalonike. From there he moved to the Studion monastery in Constantinople. But he got in trouble by opposing imperial iconoclast policy, and fled Constantinople in 841. The ship he was on was captured by pirates, though, so J. had a detour of a few years of enslavement on Crete. He escaped, returned to Constantinople, founded a monastery, and ended up as bishop of Thessalonike. J. was a famous poet and hymn-writer, said to have composed 1000 works. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html